IIHF World Junior Championship 2018 Live Stream Online,The 2018 IIHF World Junior Championship is the 42nd Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. It is being hosted by the city of Buffalo, New York at the KeyBank Center and HarborCenter Live Stream.

IIHF World Junior Championship 2018 Live

The United States are the defending gold medallists at the World Junior HockeyChampionship. Russia hasn’t gone without a medal since 2010. Tonight, one of those teams will be sent home unable to replicate their recent success.

In a game that could be worthy of deciding the championship, tonight’s clash between Russia and the USA simply determines who will move on to the final four. One of the most skilled teams in the tournament will have its run come to an end.

The question is whether it will be Klim Kostin’s team having that seven-year streak snapped, or if Casey Mittelstadt’s incredible performance at this year’s tournament will come to an abrupt halt. Those two players will have a big say in the outcome of the game.

The preliminary round at the 2018 World Junior Championship in Buffalo came to a close on Sunday, and now the real fun begins.

The United States finished just behind Canada in Group A and will have a tougher road to the gold medal game if they hope to repeat as champions at the annual U-20 tournament. That road begins with a quarterfinal matchup against Russia on Tuesday night.

What’s on the line?
Well, for one, Team USA’s chance to repeat as champions for the first time in tournament history. We’re in the single-elimination stage of the tourney now, so the stakes are extremely high. The winner of USA-Russia will move on to face the winner of Sweden-Slovakia in the semifinals. Emotions typically run pretty high in these games, and Russia will be looking to avenge their semifinal loss to the Americans in last year’s tournament.

How did the teams finish the preliminary round?
The Americans had a rollercoaster opening round and finished with a 3-1 record. Their lone loss came in a shocking upset against Slovakia, but they quickly bounced back with a stunning comeback victory over Canada. The Americans also took down Denmark and Finland.

Meanwhile, the Russians finished the prelims 2-2, losing first to the Czech Republic in the tournament’s opening game, then to Sweden (in a shootout) in the final preliminary game. They beat Switzerland and Belarus, the two bottom teams in Group B.

This is the first time that USA and Russia will meet this year.

Schedule
The 2018 World Juniors medal round runs through this week, with the tournament concluding with medal games on Friday. Here’s a complete rundown of the next wave of games:

The 19-year-old Mittelstadt has excellent vision and creativity with the puck on his stick and he’s great at creating space to help facilitate offense. Every now and then he can do it all by himself, too.